Time Entry Instructions for Thanksgiving Break

We hope everyone in our campus community had a nice Thanksgiving Holiday! Below you will find time entry instructions for the following pay period, 11/24-12/07. The timesheet deadline for this pay period is at noon on 12/10/2024, and payday is Friday, December 20.

The following time reporting instructions are applicable for benefit eligible faculty and staff. Student employees and temporary employees should follow normal reporting procedures for time worked during this pay period.

Time Approvers

Because time entry instructions vary based on employee classification, please take a moment to review the instructions below, and help us ensure your team is paid appropriately by confirming accuracy in time cards before you approve. If you have any questions, please contact our payroll team (payroll@isu.edu or 208-282-1353).

Additionally, it is critical that time approvers approve employees’ time by the deadline each payroll period to facilitate processing of payroll. The time approval deadline for the current payroll period is 5 p.m. on 12/10/2024. During our prior payroll period, several time approvers failed to approve time for more than 250 of our faculty, staff, student employees, and temps by the time approver deadline. Despite reminders and phone calls from our payroll team, unfortunately this resulted in many of our employees not being paid in a timely manner for the last pay period. HR asks for help from all time approvers in prioritizing this important task every two weeks, even during holiday weeks.

Classified Staff*

Wednesday, November 27

• If you worked a half day, enter 8* Regular Hours Worked. 

• If you worked more than a half day, enter 8* Regular Hours Worked, and email payroll@isu.edu, copy your supervisor, and confirm the exact number of hours worked. You will receive compensatory time for working more than a half day, manually adjusted by the payroll team.

• If you do not work at all this day, please enter 4* hours of applicable leave and 4* Regular Hours Worked.

Thursday, November 28 (Thanksgiving Day)

• If you do not work, enter 8* hours of Holiday Leave. 

• If you do work, please see the online instructions for more information on Classified Holiday time entry or reach out to payroll (payroll@isu.edu or 208-282-3010) for further guidance.

Friday, November 24 (Designated Holiday)

• If you do not work, enter 8* hours of Holiday Leave. 

• If you do work, please see the online instructions for more information on Classified Holiday time entry or reach out to payroll (payroll@isu.edu or 208-282-3010) for further guidance.

*These instructions are based on a full-time (1.0 FTE) employee. If you work less than 8 hours per day, please adjust your hours proportionately.

Non-Classified Staff and 12 Month Faculty*

Wednesday, November 27

• If you did not work at all this day, please enter only 4* hours of applicable leave, rather than a full day of leave.

Thursday, November 28 (Thanksgiving Day)

• No time entry needed. Holiday Leave will be automatically paid.

Friday, November 29 (Designated Holiday)

• No time entry needed. Holiday Leave will be automatically paid.

*These instructions are based on a full-time employee. If you work less than 8 hours per day, please adjust your hours proportionately.

9, 10, & 11 Month Faculty

Please complete your timecards reporting leave if applicable.

If you have any questions or concerns, regarding completing, submitting or approving a timesheet, please contact payroll@isu.edu or 208-282-3010.